Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Tharanga Paranavitana	c †McCullum b Martin	0	3	2	0	0	0.00

Tillakaratne Dilshan	b O'Brien	92	72	108	12	1	127.77

Kumar Sangakkara (c)	c Flynn b Martin	8	9	12	2	0	88.88

Mahela Jayawardene	c Taylor b O'Brien	114	227	297	15	0	50.22

Thilan Samaraweera	c Patel b Vettori	159	277	346	24	1	57.40

Angelo Mathews	c †McCullum b Vettori	39	60	89	4	1	65.00

Prasanna Jayawardene †	c Flynn b Vettori	7	15	16	1	0	46.66

Nuwan Kulasekara	c †McCullum b Martin	18	34	39	2	1	52.94

Thilan Thushara	c O'Brien b Vettori	0	6	12	0	0	0.00

Muthiah Muralidaran	c †McCullum b Martin	8	5	3	0	1	160.00

Ajantha Mendis	not out	0	0	3	0	0	-
Extras	(b 1, lb 2, nb 2, w 2)	7
Total	117.4 Ov (RR: 3.84, 468 Mins)	452
Fall of wickets: 1-0 (Tharanga Paranavitana, 0.3 ov), 2-16 (Kumar Sangakkara, 2.6 ov), 3-134 (Tillakaratne Dilshan, 27.1 ov), 4-300 (Mahela Jayawardene, 79.6 ov), 5-386 (Angelo Mathews, 102.1 ov), 6-408 (Prasanna Jayawardene, 106.4 ov), 7-444 (Thilan Samaraweera, 115.4 ov), 8-444 (Nuwan Kulasekara, 116.1 ov), 9-452 (Muthiah Muralidaran, 116.6 ov), 10-452 (Thilan Thushara, 117.4 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Chris Martin	23	5	77	4	3.34	104	10	1	0	0
0.3 to NT Paranavitana, and there it is! Much better delivery that, pitched up to lure Paranavitana forward and then just gently swings away from the left-hander who pushes at it and gets a nick to McCullum and goes for a duck. 0/1 2.6 to KC Sangakkara, good grief, Sangakkara's chipped a gift on the pads straight into midwicket's lap! Not a good ball at all, a half-volley on the legs but Sangakkara clips it very hard and picks out Flynn, who has little time to react and does well to gobble that up in his midriff. 16/2 116.1 to KMDN Kulasekara, simple dismissal, just hits a good length and straightens it and Kulasekara is neither here nor there, pushing inside the line and the thin outer edge is taken. 444/8 116.6 to M Muralidaran, smart catch! The fun ends for Murali, it was brief and not too painful, he flays the bat at a short ball that rises up and McCullum leaps up and does really well to hold onto the thick edge that was traveling high to his right. 452/9
Iain O'Brien	21	1	125	2	5.95	82	22	1	1	2
27.1 to TM Dilshan, and he's chopped it onto his stumps! Not a good ball and not a good shot, its short and a bit wide outside off stump but Dilshan flashes a leaden-footed cut and succeeds only in dragging the ball onto the base of off stump, what agony for him after a splendid innings. 134/3 79.6 to DPMD Jayawardene, and this time he's gone! Another short ball from O'Brien forces Jayawardene into a loose shot, he goes back cut but plays it feebly and the extra bounce proves fatal as he edges it flush to Taylor at first slip. 300/4
Jacob Oram	7	1	25	0	3.57	30	4	0	0	0
Daniel Vettori	37.4	9	78	4	2.07	177	5	1	0	0
102.1 to AD Mathews, edged and gone! Vettori pushes through a short, faster arm ball that forces Mathews onto the back foot and flashing hard, resulting in a faint tickle as he goes hard and McCullum gobbles it up. 386/5 106.4 to HAPW Jayawardene, and he's taken another! Quicker ball from Vettori drifts onto the pads and Prasana turns it from way in front of his front leg and straight to Flynn at short leg. 408/6 115.4 to TT Samaraweera, dances down the track to Vettori, making room to go inside out over extra cover, but he plays it straighter and picks out Patel running in and taking the catch low. 444/7 117.4 to T Thushara, thats a simple catch for O'Brien at mid-off as Vettori tosses it up invitingly into the rough, gets some turn and bounce, and Thushara miscues an aerial drive, he was looking to go hard but the bite off the track drew a false shot high in the air. 452/10
Jeetan Patel	24	3	120	0	5.00	87	16	2	0	0
Jesse Ryder	5	1	24	0	4.80	19	3	0	1	0

New Zealand 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Tim McIntosh	lbw b Muralidaran	69	226	292	6	1	30.53

Martin Guptill	b Thushara	24	35	53	5	0	68.57

Daniel Flynn	b Mendis	14	44	54	1	0	31.81

Jeetan Patel	lbw b Muralidaran	26	57	79	2	0	45.61

Ross Taylor	c †HAPW Jayawardene b Thushara	35	81	90	3	1	43.20

Jesse Ryder	b Kulasekara	42	95	112	4	0	44.21

Brendon McCullum †	b Thushara	1	8	14	0	0	12.50

Jacob Oram	c sub (SM Warnapura) b Muralidaran	12	26	29	1	0	46.15

Daniel Vettori (c)	b Thushara	42	97	113	3	0	43.29

Iain O'Brien	c †HAPW Jayawardene b Muralidaran	9	29	33	0	0	31.03

Chris Martin	not out	2	9	24	0	0	22.22
Extras	(b 6, lb 5, nb 11, w 1)	23
Total	116 Ov (RR: 2.57, 451 Mins)	299
Fall of wickets: 1-45 (Martin Guptill, 9.6 ov), 2-80 (Daniel Flynn, 26.3 ov), 3-129 (Jeetan Patel, 44.3 ov), 4-180 (Ross Taylor, 71.2 ov), 5-188 (Tim McIntosh, 74.1 ov), 6-195 (Brendon McCullum, 77.2 ov), 7-223 (Jacob Oram, 86.2 ov), 8-259 (Jesse Ryder, 100.6 ov), 9-290 (Iain O'Brien, 108.6 ov), 10-299 (Daniel Vettori, 115.6 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Nuwan Kulasekara	10	2	41	1	4.10	42	7	0	0	1
100.6 to JD Ryder, loose shot and Ryder pays the price! Lack of concentration does for him as he's late into a forward prod to a length ball nipping in, leaves a sizable gap between pad and bat and drags the inside edge onto the base of off stump. 259/8
Thilan Thushara	23	2	81	4	3.52	103	9	0	1	6
9.6 to MJ Guptill, well what do you know? After a lovely caress through midwicket Guptill perishes to a loose shot, looking to get up and pull a shorter ball in front of square but succeeding in only dragging it back onto the base of his stumps. 45/1 71.2 to LRPL Taylor, Thushara strikes, good length delivery angled across Taylor, who plays forward and gets an outside edge through to Jayawardene, a good bowling change.. 180/4 77.2 to BB McCullum, McCullum is cleaned up as he plays half forward to a delivery that came back in just a touch, inside edges and the middle stump is knocked back.. 195/6 115.6 to DL Vettori, middle stump is flattened! Thushara follows up two short-pitched deliveries with a good yorker on the stumps, Vettori exposes all three sticks to try and dab the ball wide but misses and the faint inside edge does the rest. 299/10
Ajantha Mendis	39	8	85	1	2.17	189	4	2	0	4
26.3 to DR Flynn, Mendis gets Flynn with one that turns back from outside off stump, he pushes forward but doesn't keep the bat close to pad and leaves a sizable gap which results in an inside edge onto off stump. 80/2
Muthiah Muralidaran	42	10	73	4	1.73	203	4	0	0	0
44.3 to JS Patel, wrong ball to play back to! Its quicker and straighter and the lack of turn does Patel in as he moves back to try and turn the ball away, struck in front of the stumps and Patel goes for 26, one short of a Test best. 129/3 74.1 to TG McIntosh, pitches outside the off stump and spins in, McIntosh plays forward and the ball misses the bat and strikes the pad, marginally in line, loud appeal and given by the umpire.. 188/5 86.2 to JDP Oram, uh oh, that doesn't look out! Murali persists with the googly that pitches outside leg stump and hurries onto Oram who tries to turn it but misses the ball completely, the ball brushes his pad and pops up to Warnapura who gobbles it up, indeed replays don't show any bat or glove and Oram's disappointment is understandable, Harper has erred. 223/7 108.6 to IE O'Brien, wicket No. 100 in Galle for Murali! He strikes with the doosra that goes on, O'Brien is tentative with the footwork and pokes at it and Prasanna does very well to take the thin edge, he's such a smooth operator behind the stumps. 290/9
Tharanga Paranavitana	2	0	8	0	4.00	7	1	0	0	0

Sri Lanka 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Tharanga Paranavitana	c Taylor b O'Brien	5	16	19	1	0	31.25

Tillakaratne Dilshan	not out	123	131	208	12	1	93.89
Kumar Sangakkara (c)	run out (Vettori)	46	65	85	7	0	70.76

Mahela Jayawardene	c & b Patel	27	41	52	1	0	65.85

Thilan Samaraweera	c Taylor b Vettori	20	15	17	1	2	133.33

Prasanna Jayawardene †	not out	30	26	31	5	0	115.38
Extras	(b 5, lb 3)	8
Total	49 Ov (RR: 5.28, 208 Mins)	259/4d
Did not bat: Angelo Mathews, Thilan Thushara, Nuwan Kulasekara, Ajantha Mendis, Muthiah Muralidaran
Fall of wickets: 1-19 (Tharanga Paranavitana, 3.5 ov), 2-120 (Kumar Sangakkara, 23.1 ov), 3-174 (Mahela Jayawardene, 36.6 ov), 4-205 (Thilan Samaraweera, 41.3 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Chris Martin	5	1	25	0	5.00	18	4	0	0	0
Iain O'Brien	8	1	45	1	5.62	30	7	1	0	0
3.5 to NT Paranavitana, edged and taken! Paranavitana's poor match continues against a gem of a ball that pitches just about back of a length from around the stumps, then leaves him as he pushes at it off the back foot and the thick edge is taken by Taylor to his right at first slip. 19/1
Jacob Oram	5	0	31	0	6.20	16	5	0	0	0
Daniel Vettori	19	3	81	1	4.26	65	7	0	0	0
41.3 to TT Samaraweera, clears the front leg and swings across the line, having to fetch the ball from against the spin and that does him in, the ball balloons up with the top edge and Taylor follows it from slip and takes the catch near short fine leg, actually more to Young's left side. 205/4
Jeetan Patel	12	0	69	1	5.75	31	4	2	0	0
36.6 to DPMD Jayawardene, gone! Patel gets his first wicket of the match as Jayawardene reaches out in front his pad and turns the ball across the drift and gives the bowler catching practice. 174/3

New Zealand 2nd Innings (T: 413 runs)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Martin Guptill	b Thushara	18	60	74	2	0	30.00

Daniel Flynn	c DPMD Jayawardene b Kulasekara	0	3	3	0	0	0.00

Ross Taylor	c †HAPW Jayawardene b DPMD Jayawardene	16	57	88	2	0	28.07

Tim McIntosh	c Samaraweera b Thushara	0	8	14	0	0	0.00

Jacob Oram	lbw b Mendis	21	57	66	2	0	36.84

Daniel Vettori (c)	c †HAPW Jayawardene b Mendis	67	122	148	7	0	54.91

Jesse Ryder	c †HAPW Jayawardene b Muralidaran	24	37	52	4	0	64.86

Brendon McCullum †	run out (Muralidaran)	29	56	82	2	1	51.78

Jeetan Patel	st †HAPW Jayawardene b Muralidaran	22	26	25	3	0	84.61

Iain O'Brien	c Paranavitana b Muralidaran	5	8	8	1	0	62.50

Chris Martin	not out	0	0	3	0	0	-
Extras	(b 4, lb 1, nb 3)	8
Total	71.5 Ov (RR: 2.92, 290 Mins)	210
Fall of wickets: 1-1 (Daniel Flynn, 0.5 ov), 2-37 (Martin Guptill, 18.1 ov), 3-39 (Tim McIntosh, 20.2 ov), 4-45 (Ross Taylor, 23.2 ov), 5-86 (Jacob Oram, 37.3 ov), 6-134 (Jesse Ryder, 50.5 ov), 7-167 (Daniel Vettori, 61.5 ov), 8-204 (Jeetan Patel, 68.5 ov), 9-210 (Iain O'Brien, 70.6 ov), 10-210 (Brendon McCullum, 71.5 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Nuwan Kulasekara	8	2	20	1	2.50	40	3	0	0	1
0.5 to DR Flynn, super catch from Jayawardene at second slip! Kulasekara hits a good length and moves the ball away from Flynn who feels for it away from the body slightly and the outside edge is plucked up by Jayawardene with his right hand inches above the grass. 1/1
Thilan Thushara	14	3	37	2	2.64	66	4	0	0	2
18.1 to MJ Guptill, oh good ball! The decision to change the angle works a charm as Thushara pitches it just short of a good length and the natural angle brings it back, squares up Guptill and clips the top of off stump, the late movement doing the trick. 37/2 20.2 to TG McIntosh, beauty of a catch at third slip and its given! Thushara bangs it in short of a length and McIntosh feels for it as it angles across sharply, gets a thick outside edge that flies hard and low to Samaraweera at third slip who reacts superbly to cup the ball to his left as it dies on him, he just gets the fingers underneath it between the legs and celebrates, the umpires go upstairs to confirm and after a few minutes confirmation comes in that it was indeed a clean catch. 39/3
Ajantha Mendis	18.5	4	50	2	2.65	90	6	0	0	0
37.3 to JDP Oram, gone sweeping! Mendis pitches the ball on line with middle and off and drifts the ball in to Oram who dangerously opts to sweep, the ball hits him in front of middle. 86/5 61.5 to DL Vettori, and Sri Lanka celebrate! Mendis tosses up one into the rough outside off stump and gets some turn away from the bat, ala Murali's dismissal of Ryder, and Vettori gets a thin outside edge to Prasanna who does well once more to hold onto the catch. 167/7
Muthiah Muralidaran	27	4	88	3	3.25	111	8	1	0	0
50.5 to JD Ryder, good ball, good take! Murali delivers the suckerpunch to get Ryder, tosses the ball up into the rough outside off stump and gets sharp turn away from the bat, Ryder is lured forward and the outside edge is superbly taken by Prasanna. 134/6 68.5 to JS Patel, superb work from bowler and wicketkeeper! Murali rips that gen of a ball across Patel, pushing it in quicker, he is lured forward and his back foot drags out momentarily and thats enough for Prasanna to collect and break the sticks in one smooth motion. 204/8 70.6 to IE O'Brien, pushes forward at this one and gets an inside edge back onto the pad, which pops up to Paranavitana at silly point who dives forward and holds on. 210/9
Mahela Jayawardene	4	1	10	1	2.50	20	2	0	0	0
23.2 to LRPL Taylor, well, well, well what do you know? Jayawardene strikes with his second delivery, tossed up down the leg stump, Taylor doesn't get a long way across as he tries to glance the ball and the thinnest of edges is superbly held by the other Jayawardene, Prasanna, after which Nigel Llong raises the finger to cue mass hysteria on the field from Sri Lanka. 45/4

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Tue, 18 Aug - day 1 - Sri Lanka 1st innings 293/3 (Mahela Jayawardene 108*, Thilan Samaraweera 82*, 78 ov)

Wed, 19 Aug - day 2 - New Zealand 1st innings 87/2 (Tim McIntosh 36*, Jeetan Patel 6*, 29 ov)

Thu, 20 Aug - day 3 - New Zealand 1st innings 281/8 (Daniel Vettori 33*, Iain O'Brien 3*, 105 ov)

Fri, 21 Aug - day 4 - New Zealand 2nd innings 30/1 (Martin Guptill 17*, Ross Taylor 8*, 13 ov)

Sat, 22 Aug - day 5 - New Zealand 2nd innings 210 (71.5 ov) - end of match

Match Flow

Day 1

Sri Lanka 1st innings
Wet Ground: Sri Lanka - 0/0
Sri Lanka: 50 runs in 7.4 overs (46 balls), Extras 0
Drinks: Sri Lanka - 57/2 in 10.0 overs (TM Dilshan 41, DPMD Jayawardene 8)
TM Dilshan: 50 off 30 balls (8 x 4, 1 x 6)
3rd Wicket: 50 runs in 48 balls (TM Dilshan 43, DPMD Jayawardene 8, Ex 0)
Sri Lanka: 100 runs in 19.2 overs (116 balls), Extras 0
Lunch: Sri Lanka - 111/2 in 22.0 overs (TM Dilshan 74, DPMD Jayawardene 29)
3rd Wicket: 100 runs in 120 balls (TM Dilshan 69, DPMD Jayawardene 31, Ex 0)
Sri Lanka: 150 runs in 32.4 overs (196 balls), Extras 0
DPMD Jayawardene: 50 off 104 balls (6 x 4)
Drinks: Sri Lanka - 168/3 in 39.0 overs (DPMD Jayawardene 53, TT Samaraweera 15)
4th Wicket: 50 runs in 96 balls (DPMD Jayawardene 28, TT Samaraweera 22, Ex 0)
Sri Lanka: 200 runs in 49.4 overs (298 balls), Extras 0
Tea: Sri Lanka - 212/3 in 54.0 overs (DPMD Jayawardene 76, TT Samaraweera 35)
4th Wicket: 100 runs in 217 balls (DPMD Jayawardene 50, TT Samaraweera 49, Ex 1)
TT Samaraweera: 50 off 122 balls (6 x 4)
Sri Lanka: 250 runs in 67.1 overs (403 balls), Extras 1
Drinks: Sri Lanka - 263/3 in 71.0 overs (DPMD Jayawardene 97, TT Samaraweera 64)
DPMD Jayawardene: 100 off 201 balls (13 x 4)
4th Wicket: 150 runs in 280 balls (DPMD Jayawardene 71, TT Samaraweera 76, Ex 3)
End Of Day: Sri Lanka - 293/3 in 78.0 overs (DPMD Jayawardene 108, TT Samaraweera 82)

Day 2

Rain: Sri Lanka - 293/3 in 78.0 overs (DPMD Jayawardene 108, TT Samaraweera 82)
Sri Lanka: 300 runs in 79.1 overs (476 balls), Extras 4
New Ball Taken: Sri Lanka 300/4 after 80.5 overs (TT Samaraweera 82, AD Mathews 0)
Lunch: Sri Lanka - 328/4 in 91.0 overs (TT Samaraweera 96, AD Mathews 12)
Sri Lanka: 350 runs in 97.5 overs (591 balls), Extras 7
TT Samaraweera: 100 off 223 balls (15 x 4)
5th Wicket: 50 runs in 110 balls (TT Samaraweera 19, AD Mathews 28, Ex 3)
Sri Lanka: 400 runs in 105.2 overs (636 balls), Extras 7
Drinks: Sri Lanka - 408/6 in 106.4 overs (TT Samaraweera 141)
TT Samaraweera: 150 off 266 balls (22 x 4, 1 x 6)
Sri Lanka: 450 runs in 116.2 overs (702 balls), Extras 7
Innings Break: Sri Lanka - 452/10 in 117.4 overs (BAW Mendis 0)
New Zealand 1st innings
Drinks: New Zealand - 46/1 in 12.0 overs (TG McIntosh 14, DR Flynn 1)
New Zealand: 50 runs in 13.5 overs (86 balls), Extras 7
End Of Day: New Zealand - 87/2 in 29.0 overs (TG McIntosh 36, JS Patel 6)
Tea: New Zealand - 0/0

Day 3

Rain: New Zealand - 87/2 in 29.0 overs (TG McIntosh 36, JS Patel 6)
New Zealand: 100 runs in 37.2 overs (229 balls), Extras 11
Drinks: New Zealand - 108/2 in 39.0 overs (TG McIntosh 39, JS Patel 20)
TG McIntosh: 50 off 135 balls (6 x 4)
Lunch: New Zealand - 137/3 in 51.0 overs (TG McIntosh 53, LRPL Taylor 6)
New Zealand: 150 runs in 59.1 overs (362 balls), Extras 14
Drinks: New Zealand - 176/3 in 69.0 overs (TG McIntosh 66, LRPL Taylor 31)
4th Wicket: 50 runs in 160 balls (TG McIntosh 14, LRPL Taylor 34, Ex 2)
New Zealand: 200 runs in 77.5 overs (475 balls), Extras 17
Tea: New Zealand - 211/6 in 84.0 overs (JD Ryder 19, JDP Oram 3)
New Ball Taken: New Zealand 244/7 after 97.1 overs (JD Ryder 35, DL Vettori 7)
Drinks: New Zealand - 248/7 in 98.0 overs (JD Ryder 36, DL Vettori 10)
New Zealand: 250 runs in 98.5 overs (603 balls), Extras 21
End Of Day: New Zealand - 281/8 in 105.0 overs (DL Vettori 33, IE O'Brien 3)

Day 4

Innings Break: New Zealand - 299/10 in 116.0 overs (CS Martin 2)
Sri Lanka 2nd innings
Sri Lanka: 50 runs in 9.3 overs (57 balls), Extras 1
2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 58 balls (TM Dilshan 31, KC Sangakkara 19, Ex 0)
Lunch: Sri Lanka - 76/1 in 15.0 overs (TM Dilshan 46, KC Sangakkara 20)
TM Dilshan: 50 off 35 balls (6 x 4, 1 x 6)
Sri Lanka: 100 runs in 18.4 overs (112 balls), Extras 5
RA Young kept in place of McCullum in the second innings
2nd Wicket: 100 runs in 113 balls (TM Dilshan 50, KC Sangakkara 46, Ex 4)
Drinks: Sri Lanka - 147/2 in 32.0 overs (TM Dilshan 74, DPMD Jayawardene 17)
Sri Lanka: 150 runs in 32.3 overs (195 balls), Extras 5
3rd Wicket: 50 runs in 78 balls (TM Dilshan 23, DPMD Jayawardene 26, Ex 1)
Sri Lanka: 200 runs in 40.5 overs (245 balls), Extras 8
TM Dilshan: 100 off 115 balls (9 x 4, 1 x 6)
Sri Lanka: 250 runs in 47.5 overs (287 balls), Extras 8
5th Wicket: 50 runs in 41 balls (TM Dilshan 23, HAPW Jayawardene 29, Ex 0)
Tea: Sri Lanka - 259/4 in 49.0 overs (TM Dilshan 123, HAPW Jayawardene 30)
New Zealand 2nd innings
Rain: New Zealand - 0/0
Bad Light: New Zealand - 30/1 in 13.0 overs (MJ Guptill 17, LRPL Taylor 8)
End Of Day: New Zealand - 30/1 in 13.0 overs (MJ Guptill 17, LRPL Taylor 8)

Day 5

New Zealand: 50 runs in 24.5 overs (150 balls), Extras 6
Drinks: New Zealand - 63/4 in 27.0 overs (JDP Oram 12, DL Vettori 11)
New Zealand: 100 runs in 39.5 overs (240 balls), Extras 6
Lunch: New Zealand - 125/5 in 46.0 overs (DL Vettori 42, JD Ryder 22)
DL Vettori: 50 off 89 balls (5 x 4)
New Zealand: 150 runs in 54.1 overs (328 balls), Extras 8
Drinks: New Zealand - 167/7 in 61.5 overs (BB McCullum 13)
New Zealand: 200 runs in 67.5 overs (410 balls), Extras 8

Match Details

Galle International Stadium
Toss	New Zealand, elected to field first
Series	New Zealand tour of Sri Lanka
Season	2009
Player Of The Match	Tillakaratne Dilshan
Series result	Sri Lanka led the 2-match series 1-0
Match number	Test no. 1930
Hours of play (local time)	Start 9.45, Lunch 12.00-12.40, Tea 14.55-15.15, Close 17.45
Match days	18,19,20,21,22 August 2009 - day (5-day match)
Umpires	Daryl Harper Nigel Llong
TV Umpire	Asoka de Silva
Reserve Umpire	Gamini Dissanayake
Match Referee	Andy Pycroft

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New Zealand Innings

Player Name		R	B
MJ Guptill	bowled	18	60
DR Flynn	caught	0	3
LRPL Taylor	caught	16	57
TG McIntosh	caught	0	8
JDP Oram	lbw	21	57
DL Vettori	caught	67	122
JD Ryder	caught	24	37
BB McCullum	run out	29	56
JS Patel	stumped	22	26
IE O'Brien	caught	5	8
CS Martin	not out	0	0
Extras	(b 4, lb 1, nb 3)
Total	210(10 wkts; 71.5 ovs)

Player Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
KMDN Kulasekara	8	2	20	1	2.5 (1 nb)
T Thushara	14	3	37	2	2.64 (2 nb)
BAW Mendis	18.5	4	50	2	2.65
M Muralidaran	27	4	88	3	3.25
DPMD Jayawardene	4	1	10	1	2.5

Wkt	Runs	Players
1st	1	Daniel Flynn	Martin Guptill
2nd	36	Ross Taylor	Martin Guptill
3rd	2	Tim McIntosh	Ross Taylor
4th	6	Jacob Oram	Ross Taylor
5th	41	Daniel Vettori	Jacob Oram
6th	48	Daniel Vettori	Jesse Ryder
7th	33	Daniel Vettori	Brendon McCullum
8th	37	Brendon McCullum	Jeetan Patel
9th	6	Brendon McCullum	Iain O'Brien
10th	0	Chris Martin	Brendon McCullum

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